Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	37.50%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	62.50%

(Note, Microsoft publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

dinotify.exe

Windows Device Installation by Microsoft

Remove dinotify.exe

Version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:	8c1bee0eda8d1c01d1c8c61f2c6a9f7b
SHA1:	2804d4e728a04f0242e1e8859e6596de4fab9b69
SHA256:	987986934c96dbb64f0a336b72520077fcd556524643bc03f02d1aab4b491d3d

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

dinotify.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

Details

File name:	dinotify.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Windows Device Installation
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\dinotify.exe
Original name:	dinotify.exe.mui
File version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:	6.1.7600.16385
Size:	8 KB (8,192 bytes)
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

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Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00260478%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00166096%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00094382%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	109 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	1.42 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	4.74 MB
Private (minimum):	1.78 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.42 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	61.23 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	61.32 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.9 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	5.02 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	1	12
Handles:	79	600
GUI GDI count:	81	103
GUI GDI peak:	90	142
GUI USER count:	38	49
GUI USER peak:	41	71